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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Language Greek, Ancient Name Claudius I, Emperor of Rome

1. Papyrus 2248

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2248
Title:
Tax Register (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987) and Letter from the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrians (P.Lond. VI 1912v., TM 16850)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987): Unpublished tax register from Philadelpheia from 37/38, belonging to the tax archive of Nemesion, son of Zoilus, tax collector. Verso (P.Lond. VI 1912v., CPJ II 153, Sel.Pap. II 212, TM 16850): Column 1: Ends of lines from a register; Column 2: Edic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
37-41
Extent:

Long, yet imperfect roll, lacking the beginning, but well preserved as to the rest; written on both sides and housed in one glass case.

2. Papyrus 2785

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2785
Title:
Acta Isidori (CPJ II 156(b), TM 58946, LDAB 41, MP3 2221)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the Acta Isidori, containing minutes of the trial of Isidorus, gymnasiarch of Alexandria, before the emperor Claudius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a medium- to dark-brown papyrus roll, partially complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front bears portions of two columns; of the first, only the ends of the lines survive, of the second, only the beginnings. Part of the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.